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Weaver ant
Oecophylla smaragdina
3.15, 101.7
Field Notes
Description:
Red-brown in colour, about 10 mm long, with long legs.
Habitat:
Spotted during a day walk at KL Forest Eco Park, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, an urban park located at the middle of the city.
Oecophylla smaragdina is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia.
These ants form colonies with multiple nests in trees, each nest being made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by the ant larvae.
Notes:
Common names include weaver ant, green ant, green tree ant, and orange gaster.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Oecophylla
Species: O. smaragdina
Reference Links:
Oecophylla smaragdina - Wikipedia
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PublishedMay 4, 2017
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